When we recite the mantra of the wisdom deity, a power arises; it is powerful. This is what it meant by "innate awareness is the form of Amitabha." One recognizes innate awareness. One recognizes that the mind itself, Buddha-nature is the Buddha, is the deity that one practises. In this context, it is Buddha Amitabha.
Why do we not appear similar to Buddhas now? It is because sentient beings grasp at the duality of subject and object; the inner mind grasps at the outer object and gives rise to many thoughts of attachment, aversion and ignorance.
The wisdom deities have trained in and accomplished bodhicitta and do not grasp at a reality.
~ Garchen Rinpoche
